I am wondering if going along saying that one day one is going to do something non-droneful, be it art or saving the world, one day, when exactly what that thing ought to be is clear, and in the meantime one is going to get the first job that presents itself without really thinking about it (because thinking about jobs is boring and saving the world is interesting) is more dangerous than just admitting that you *aren't* going to save the world right now and getting a job that you *do* think about and *can* think about without intense boredom. Knowing how to find a real job is not really all that different from knowing how to be an artist without starving.
But then I see the problem in terms of inertia rather than despair.
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Re: horrible!
Date: 2005-12-01 12:25 am (UTC)I am wondering if going along saying that one day one is going to do something non-droneful, be it art or saving the world, one day, when exactly what that thing ought to be is clear, and in the meantime one is going to get the first job that presents itself without really thinking about it (because thinking about jobs is boring and saving the world is interesting) is more dangerous than just admitting that you *aren't* going to save the world right now and getting a job that you *do* think about and *can* think about without intense boredom. Knowing how to find a real job is not really all that different from knowing how to be an artist without starving.
But then I see the problem in terms of inertia rather than despair.